Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887

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Permalink:	ACONBISK
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Acontia (genus)/  Acontia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Oberthür, 1887
Citation:	Acontia Biskrensis Ch. Obtr.
Original genus:	Acontia
Publication:	Oberthür C. 1887–1888. Descriptions de nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères algériens.
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:	(6) 7
Issue:
Pagination:	lviii
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8231150

Acontia biskrensis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Algeria	Algeria, Biskra, v.1885, leg. L. Bleuse.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt (Sinai), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Rungs Ch. 1958b. Lepidoptères du Tassili n'Ajjer. – In Bernard F., Zoologie pure et appliquée. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). page 170
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Kuwait		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 158 (as orientalis)
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. 2001a. Fauna of the Nolidae and Noctuidae of the Levante with descriptions and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Appendix: Revision genus Clytie Hübner, [1823]. page 105
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 158 (as orientalis)
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 158 (as orientalis)
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 7 (as orientalis)
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 372

Plant note:

Malvaceae (see H. Hacker, A. Legrain & M. Fibiger 2008: 55).

Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined		Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 55

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Acontia biskrensis (1)

Acontia biskrensis (2)

Acontia biskrensis (3)

Acontia agacinoi (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Acontia agacinoi (Rungs, 1945)	(Rungs, 1945)	species	Synonym	Tarache agacinoi
Acontia grisescens (Rebel, 1948)	(Rebel, 1948)	species	Synonym	Tarache grisescens
Acontia orientalis (Brandt, 1939)	(Brandt, 1939)	species	Synonym	Tarache orientalis